#5AA8E9#5AA8E9

#5AA8E9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.123 H 245.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AA8E9
RGB	rgb(90, 168, 233)
HSL	hsl(207, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(207, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 27.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.56, -4.74, -39.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.56, 40.11, 263.21°)
OKLab	oklab(70.91% -0.0503 -0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(70.91% 0.123 245.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.9216, 36.0590, 82.3001)
Luminance	0.3606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AA8E9 #E99B5A

analogous

#5AE9E3 #5AA8E9 #5A60E9

triadic

#5AA8E9 #E95AA8 #A8E95A

tetradic

#5AA8E9 #E35AE9 #E99B5A #60E95A

square

#5AA8E9 #E35AE9 #E99B5A #60E95A

split-complementary

#5AA8E9 #E95A60 #E9E35A

monochromatic

#186BB1 #248CE2 #5AA8E9 #90C4F0 #C6E1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#5AA8E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#5AA8E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AA8E9

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AA8E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AA8E9	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CAAEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#789CE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aa8e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 168, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.123 245.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95c1f0',
    500: '#5aa8e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aa8e9;
$custom-light: #95c1f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aa8e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.273,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70912,
    "c": 0.1229,
    "h": 245.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AA8E9

secondary

#E9CDB6

accent

#690DD9

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AA8E9

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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